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first of all, governor romney lived overseas for several years as a missionary, worked in international business for many many years, was governor of massachusetts, dealt with the entire world in helping rebuild the winter olympics and literally had virtually every country in the world that he was dweelg in that session, and he is a man who understands the larger world. katherine fenton -- an undecided voter from last week's town hall debate -- asked a question about women and equality in the workplace. now, she's speaking out about the final debate. i'm definitely looking forward to the next debate, i would like to hear what they have to say, especially what they have to say about the position of america in the middle east changing - i'm very interested in iran's nuclear capabilities, i think a lot of the focus for voters is on domestic policy, but we've had debates about that, so i'm very curious on monday to see what new questions arise. on sunday, romney runningmate paul ryan campaigned in council bluffs, iowa...while the presidential candidates hunkered down to prepare for monday.
first of all, governor romney lived overseas for several years as a missionary, worked in international business for many many years, was governor of massachusetts, dealt with the entire world in helping rebuild the winter olympics and literally had virtually every country in the world that he was dweelg in that session, and he is a man who understands the larger world. katherine fenton -- an undecided voter from last week's town hall debate -- asked a question about women and equality in the...
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romney has 206. but there are 131 votes up for grabs in toss-up states. 270 electoral votes are need to win the presidency. with only 15-days before the election. the candidates face- off tonight in the final presidential debate. c-n-n's athena jones reports that foreign policy will be the focus. third and final face-off. and will focus entirely on foreign policy. >> i will spar over america's role in the world. in the face and terrorism and how to deal with a rise in china. mr. obama tried to highlight one of his biggest accomplishments. >>the topic is foreign policy. spoiler alert. we got bin laden. >> world affairs are a challenge for every canada. after my trip in 2008 i was attacked as a celebrity because i was so popular with our allies overseas. i'm impressed at how well governor romney has avoided the problem. >> look at what is happening in syria and egypt. the president said he was going to put a light between us and israel. >> both in its face a challenge. >> he has had some success. he ha
romney has 206. but there are 131 votes up for grabs in toss-up states. 270 electoral votes are need to win the presidency. with only 15-days before the election. the candidates face- off tonight in the final presidential debate. c-n-n's athena jones reports that foreign policy will be the focus. third and final face-off. and will focus entirely on foreign policy. >> i will spar over america's role in the world. in the face and terrorism and how to deal with a rise in china. mr. obama...
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not based on governor romney in the primary. >> it's tuesday, so it's a different romney. putting that aside, i mean, i think the reality here it's not just tonal but emphasis. i think the question whether it's afghanistan or iran, what are you emphasizing in the course of foreign policy? you're rattling sabers and that's your first course versus emphasizing diplomacy, you may say we want to do diplomacy, but that is a distinction with a major difference. i think what's going to happen here, i think that romney will go into this debate and try to hug the president where he can, and kind of pivot back to the economy. i think the president in this debate has got to be not just focusing on foreign policy, because that's the obvious thing to do. when governor romney tries to make this about the economy and domestic issues, to undercut that argument every chance he has. >> michael, is there any chance governor romney would come out swinging and perhaps try to paint the president as a person or a leader who does not, for example, support israel, blame the president for iran bein
not based on governor romney in the primary. >> it's tuesday, so it's a different romney. putting that aside, i mean, i think the reality here it's not just tonal but emphasis. i think the question whether it's afghanistan or iran, what are you emphasizing in the course of foreign policy? you're rattling sabers and that's your first course versus emphasizing diplomacy, you may say we want to do diplomacy, but that is a distinction with a major difference. i think what's going to happen...
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liberals excoriated jim lehrer in the first debate because mitt romney 1. -- mitt romney won. service is not candy crowley because barack obama 1. -- conservatives knocked candy crowley because of barack obama won. martha raddatz escape unscathed mostly. i learned a lot from the first debate. i learned what mitt romney believed, that he was willing to tailor positions for the general electric, that barack obama did not show up and was not engaged. the reason i did was because similar give them the time to do it. -- jim lehrer gave them the time to do it. i think candy crowley did a good job, i think martha raddatz did a good job. i don't know the formula for a good debate. >> it seems that there are two choices here. you can have a moderator who holds their feet to the fire a bit and ask serious questions and is not let them michael around, and martha raddatz was the best example of that. if you are not going to do that, just let them talk to each other and have a bus to go up for time. >> what about the town hall format? >> no, i think i.t. is completely phony. i have an impo
liberals excoriated jim lehrer in the first debate because mitt romney 1. -- mitt romney won. service is not candy crowley because barack obama 1. -- conservatives knocked candy crowley because of barack obama won. martha raddatz escape unscathed mostly. i learned a lot from the first debate. i learned what mitt romney believed, that he was willing to tailor positions for the general electric, that barack obama did not show up and was not engaged. the reason i did was because similar give them...
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romney, wash. when i hear mitt romney speak about foreign policy, it's always toughness. when i hear bewe got to get tough, i hear war. surrounded as he is by the same people who were w's advisers, i feel his presence even stronger. war. does america want a war? in recent years we have had wars going on in iraq and afghanistan. do we now want another one with a far more powerful, more modern islamic country? the implication for romney's tough talk in iran is we can commit an act of out and out war against that country without using the ward wor. we attack their nuclear sites, they say urngcle, and that's the end of it. that's where people like general kour tis le may said 50 years ago during the cuban missile crisis. just knock out the soviet missiles in cuba. they won't do nothing. nikita khrushchev had plans to hit new york and said to. quote, i knew the united states could knock out some of our missiles even if only one or two big ones were left, we could still hit new york. an awful lot of people would have been wiped out. consequences. understand the consequences. th
romney, wash. when i hear mitt romney speak about foreign policy, it's always toughness. when i hear bewe got to get tough, i hear war. surrounded as he is by the same people who were w's advisers, i feel his presence even stronger. war. does america want a war? in recent years we have had wars going on in iraq and afghanistan. do we now want another one with a far more powerful, more modern islamic country? the implication for romney's tough talk in iran is we can commit an act of out and out...
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it's the challenger, mitt romney. and that tells you that potential that still exists for this race to be a little unexpected. and i think in that way, romney is -- >> you're saying basically -- that romney has a higher ceiling than the president. >> i believe that. i think that's true. peter hart said it, and i think it's a very powerful and intuitive comment. >> all right. i want to dig into the polls here. this seems to be a game of turnout, margins, numbers, i'm going to throw a couple things up here, fred, very fast. enthusiasm numbers here on hispanic voters went up 11 points from september, october. 57% to 68. voters 18 to 34, 49 to 60. african-americans, 82-83. that is unchanged. what we should point out, though, among hispanics in 18 to 34, those are still lower than 2008. how concerned? >> lower than 2008, but unlike 2008, we still have two more weeks until the election. look, i think, chuck, that's what this -- that's what this campaign is coming down to. each of the candidates, obama, romney, are going to
it's the challenger, mitt romney. and that tells you that potential that still exists for this race to be a little unexpected. and i think in that way, romney is -- >> you're saying basically -- that romney has a higher ceiling than the president. >> i believe that. i think that's true. peter hart said it, and i think it's a very powerful and intuitive comment. >> all right. i want to dig into the polls here. this seems to be a game of turnout, margins, numbers, i'm going to...
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romney's debate sparring partner. joining us live from the debate site. >>> plus, our roundtable weighs in. from "the new york times," columnist tom friedman. and white house correspondent helean cooper. and former white house press secretary for president clinton dee dee myers.ne cooper. and former white house press secretary for president clinton dee dee myers. >>> from nbc news in washington, it's "meet the press" with david gregory. >>> the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll for where this race stands, chuck todd has the numbers. this is significant. >> this is among likely voters, david. 47%, 47%. not all tied races are equal. the president sitting at 47% if this were the sunday before election day there would be a lot of concerns in chicago. they want to be at 48% or 49%. sitting at 47% is good for a challenger, not a good number for an incumbent. let's go inside the numbers a little bit. the gender gap. you brought it up. among men, romney, a 10-point lead. let's go to women. this is interesting. presid
romney's debate sparring partner. joining us live from the debate site. >>> plus, our roundtable weighs in. from "the new york times," columnist tom friedman. and white house correspondent helean cooper. and former white house press secretary for president clinton dee dee myers.ne cooper. and former white house press secretary for president clinton dee dee myers. >>> from nbc news in washington, it's "meet the press" with david gregory. >>> the...
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romney. >> think what you've seen over the last few sweweeks is a consolidation of his base. you've seen particularly in our poll in the nbc/wall street journal poll barack obama's numbers have been stable. philippines look at registered voters. what that does mean a lot of the media momentum is with mitt romney. he's getting more of the positive headlines and more momentum describing headlines. going into tonight his challenge is to go in and not over learn once again the lessons of that first debate and be so aggressive. the elephant in the room he has so many george bush's advisers on his team. they are talking about whether we should take military acshow in the middle east. he has to calibrate how he'll attack that issue. >> that's the last thing people want on the right is to align romney with bush and remind people that mitt romney is being advised by a lot of the people that advised george w. bush. >> john bolton, he has the bush team. >> mitt romney, a novice on foreign policy. he has
romney. >> think what you've seen over the last few sweweeks is a consolidation of his base. you've seen particularly in our poll in the nbc/wall street journal poll barack obama's numbers have been stable. philippines look at registered voters. what that does mean a lot of the media momentum is with mitt romney. he's getting more of the positive headlines and more momentum describing headlines. going into tonight his challenge is to go in and not over learn once again the lessons of that...
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>> mock me, mock romney. mock any conservative that calls your show. >> stephanie: if you're not going to get many pretty girls if you don't let her talk. >> i end to listen to what they say and to what policies they're putting forth in these debates and whether somebody's body language looks like a president or doesn't look like a president, i think they both looked plenty presidential to me. that doesn't matter to me. what matters to me is the policies. >> in the last debate on benghazi and the big deal that the liberal press made out of it during the week that he actually called it terrorism. if you look at his whole statement, he's talking about the video and how we shouldn't -- we shouldn't be putting videos like that out. the video was a problem. >> stephanie: the newest video shows it was a reaction to the video. >> i don't think it was. >> stephanie: you don't. you don't. so you don't care. >> the key point to me is they spoke on the information that they had at the time. and that changes as more info
>> mock me, mock romney. mock any conservative that calls your show. >> stephanie: if you're not going to get many pretty girls if you don't let her talk. >> i end to listen to what they say and to what policies they're putting forth in these debates and whether somebody's body language looks like a president or doesn't look like a president, i think they both looked plenty presidential to me. that doesn't matter to me. what matters to me is the policies. >> in the last...
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i talked to a senior romney strategist leading the hotel where mitt romney has been doing his debate prep about an hour ago and asked about this possibility. they said that they are preparing for a president who will not come out like a lamb. and even though that -- this debate setting tonight is going to be around a round table discussion, i just talked to a democratic source a few moments ago, brooke, who said if you look at how they're going to be seated at the table tonight, it is going to be very interesting. bob schieffer will be across from them, but then mitt romney and president obama will be seated very close to one another. so unlike last week, at the town hall debate, where they were crossing the stage to invade each other's personal space, they will already be in each other's personal space. >> like the vice presidential debate. >> reporter: right. >> back and forth and back and forth, right. >> reporter: that's right. so you may see -- i was talking to a democratic source about this and they said, they don't have to walk up to each other, they may be kicking each other
i talked to a senior romney strategist leading the hotel where mitt romney has been doing his debate prep about an hour ago and asked about this possibility. they said that they are preparing for a president who will not come out like a lamb. and even though that -- this debate setting tonight is going to be around a round table discussion, i just talked to a democratic source a few moments ago, brooke, who said if you look at how they're going to be seated at the table tonight, it is going to...
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moss went from lean romney to romney. connecticut, a change that benefited obama lean obama to the obama category. that leads obama with 184 electoral college votes. romney with 169. 237, 206. 95 tossups. now there were additional changes in the standings. governor romney added strength in new hampshire going from one down to one up. president obama added strength in nevada. one point to three. wisconsin, one point to three. ohio, one point to two. slowing of the movement compared to last week. direction of romney. >> bret: of those changes what is most important in your mind? >> last week we saw a three, two, one strategy we have been talking about fall in place. indiana, north carolina now moving safely to romney's column. vas is a tossup. florida now. i think most people look at that. leaning romney. that is in place. he is within the hunt for ohio. that completes the two. any one of the other states wisconsin, nevada, colorado, new hampshire, any one of them, and he could complete the three, two, one strategy. own wit
moss went from lean romney to romney. connecticut, a change that benefited obama lean obama to the obama category. that leads obama with 184 electoral college votes. romney with 169. 237, 206. 95 tossups. now there were additional changes in the standings. governor romney added strength in new hampshire going from one down to one up. president obama added strength in nevada. one point to three. wisconsin, one point to three. ohio, one point to two. slowing of the movement compared to last week....
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you can tear mitt romney down but he let him back in in denver because romney with all the money they've spent millions and millions they've spent, hammered away on romney to make him unacceptable. he's now acceptable. chris: does everyone agree with that? the president has to make a case for four more years. he for whatever reason hasn't done it. >> it's the central mystery of this campaign, why he hasn't laid out what he's going to do. is it military reform, tax reform -- chris: is it auto industry. >> he decided not to do this. >> i don't know when the moment will come. is it after the election? chris: i don't know that attacking the other guy is going to work. >> if you were to put obama on truce, here's what i would do, it wouldn't be politically popular. the fact that he wants to cut a deal immediately following the election that would cut entitlements. chris: why doesn't he say something about the auto industry? >> the auto industry is popular in key states but not popular in other states. chris: let's get to libya. he's got to have closure. >> he's got to have closure on monday n
you can tear mitt romney down but he let him back in in denver because romney with all the money they've spent millions and millions they've spent, hammered away on romney to make him unacceptable. he's now acceptable. chris: does everyone agree with that? the president has to make a case for four more years. he for whatever reason hasn't done it. >> it's the central mystery of this campaign, why he hasn't laid out what he's going to do. is it military reform, tax reform -- chris: is it...
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romney's waffling. we're spending $2 billion a week in afghanistan. $2 billion to spend in any of these american cities. $100 billion a year. i think there's a way, this sort of hesitancy on romney's part could be an economic issue. but i don't think that some of these other issues with regard to the economy, like china, that has not been discussed well enough in the lead up. i think there's a big discussion to be had about china. i don't think romney is as credible. >> candy crowley is going to tell us what is going on behind the scenes at a debate right now. she knows from her experiences, plus, bill clinton's advised the next president about avoiding another disaster. first, another debate flashback. >>> the republican nominee and governor michael dukakis. >> governor, if kitty were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death penalty for the killer? >> no, i don't and i think you know i've proposed the death penalty. >> losing that passion at that moment may have hurt him clearly in that
romney's waffling. we're spending $2 billion a week in afghanistan. $2 billion to spend in any of these american cities. $100 billion a year. i think there's a way, this sort of hesitancy on romney's part could be an economic issue. but i don't think that some of these other issues with regard to the economy, like china, that has not been discussed well enough in the lead up. i think there's a big discussion to be had about china. i don't think romney is as credible. >> candy crowley is...
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of moving in romney's direction. jon: a couple of questions caught our eye in "the wall street journal" poll. when voters were asked if your can date, if the candidate has a message or do you know what they would do if elected, 57%, say, yeah, i know what mitt romney and paul ryan are intending to do. that is up from 52% last month. the president 61%, say they know what he would do but that's down from where he was last month. what does that say? >> well, i think it points to romney's first debate performance. 70 million people watched that debate. up until that moment a lot of information they received, especially folks in the battleground states have been negative advertising from the obama campaign and his allies. he was portrayed as this caricature. a lot of voters watched the debate, said he wasn't all he portrayed to be. that he actually did have a plan and he laid it out, he was pretty aggressive laying out his five-point plan of the president obama has gone on to say, you know, romney wasn't telling the truth
of moving in romney's direction. jon: a couple of questions caught our eye in "the wall street journal" poll. when voters were asked if your can date, if the candidate has a message or do you know what they would do if elected, 57%, say, yeah, i know what mitt romney and paul ryan are intending to do. that is up from 52% last month. the president 61%, say they know what he would do but that's down from where he was last month. what does that say? >> well, i think it points to...
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romney's position on iran. he says mr. romney's position has always been to find a diplomatic solution first, a military option last. new york magazine's john heilemann calls him on that falsehood. take a listen. >> yes, of course, he always said it should be the last resort. but if you're talking mostly about the military and you're doing it in israel, people are going to get the impression you're more bellicose than when you're talking about the need for talks, right? >> i think this is like splitting hairs. >> ana marie, tough love this guy. is there any republican who is more factually challenged? >> there are very few. for me dan is so intimately linked with iraq i sort of can't picture him without wearing combat boots. and i think, you know, it's not splitting hairs. dan is definitely hawkish on all of these things. again, so many people surrounding mitt romney have been former bush advisers, were pro-iraq war enthusiasts, have been pro-syria intention enthusiasts. these are people that want to go to war. sometimes i
romney's position on iran. he says mr. romney's position has always been to find a diplomatic solution first, a military option last. new york magazine's john heilemann calls him on that falsehood. take a listen. >> yes, of course, he always said it should be the last resort. but if you're talking mostly about the military and you're doing it in israel, people are going to get the impression you're more bellicose than when you're talking about the need for talks, right? >> i think...
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it will be obama more than romney which is a failed opportune for romney. >> there's bean suing fwegs that a lot of the strategy on both side is to turn many of these foreign policy issues into economic arguments. how much will we see that? >> i've heard from republicans who are privy to mitt romney's debate preparations yes it will be mitt romney who will try to turn every answer he can back to the my. i heard people close to president obama's campaign that he'll try do that too because he has to pivot to a closing message and he needs to start talking about the economy. of course we've seen economic indicators over the past couple of weeks that actually look pretty good for the economy so i expect that president obama will play those up too. but it's going mitt romney who will want to talk more about the economy. >> i want to bring in reince preibus, chairman of the republican committee. good morning. lot to get. a line we keep hearing is that mitt romney was the first to politicize libya. if that comes up tonight how does he respond? >> you know, i think it's just a matter of what
it will be obama more than romney which is a failed opportune for romney. >> there's bean suing fwegs that a lot of the strategy on both side is to turn many of these foreign policy issues into economic arguments. how much will we see that? >> i've heard from republicans who are privy to mitt romney's debate preparations yes it will be mitt romney who will try to turn every answer he can back to the my. i heard people close to president obama's campaign that he'll try do that too...
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governor romney always frames the conversation in that way. it is more that it is indicative of the unravelling of the narrative that has been spun by the obama campaign that, in fact, the world is a safer place. we know it is not. we know there was an attempted terrorist attack in new york last week. we know things are not going the way the obama administration hoped. the russian reset is not working and iran is closer to possessing a nuclear bomb. the foreign policy has not been a success. >>shepard: health officials two more people have died fungal meningitis linked to the tainted steroids. we have reported on this for weeks and it is sounding like white noise. 14,000 have received the injections of steroids and 300 have been sickened. so far. it is difficult to predict when the outbreak will be over because the mold that causes the disease is so rare they do not know how long it takes to incubate. the centers for disease control if atlanta reports cases across 16 states. jonathan, how rare is this outbreak, jonathan? >>jonathan: these outb
governor romney always frames the conversation in that way. it is more that it is indicative of the unravelling of the narrative that has been spun by the obama campaign that, in fact, the world is a safer place. we know it is not. we know there was an attempted terrorist attack in new york last week. we know things are not going the way the obama administration hoped. the russian reset is not working and iran is closer to possessing a nuclear bomb. the foreign policy has not been a success....
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. >> mitt romney every second you're talking about foreign policy is wasted, which might mean that romney tries to break out of that and tries to bring home some of the foreign policy issues to domestic economic issues. >> is that a bit harsh, or is that what mitt romney needs to do? get on to the topic of the economy and not deal too much with the intricacies of syria? >> to do so you have to show confidence as it relates to world affairs. i also think that the united states is ready for a change. it knows it's off track. it wants to make that change. to the extent that mitt romney can project himself as the next commander in chief, as the president of the united states, then i think the people are willing to make that choice. certainly, there's a direct tie between our economic strength, our military strength, and our position in the world. >> obviously, the voters are the ones here in the united states that m is trying to appeal to. are you concerned about his reputation overseas? it wasn't a particularly successful overseas trip he did when he seemed to offend londoners over the olymp
. >> mitt romney every second you're talking about foreign policy is wasted, which might mean that romney tries to break out of that and tries to bring home some of the foreign policy issues to domestic economic issues. >> is that a bit harsh, or is that what mitt romney needs to do? get on to the topic of the economy and not deal too much with the intricacies of syria? >> to do so you have to show confidence as it relates to world affairs. i also think that the united states...
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second, governor romney has a plan. and that's one thing that you've heard from a lot of folks already this morning on the show, is that the president is out there attacking a plan. now he's mischaracterizing it. but at least governor romney has a vision for the future. and he's got the plan to put america back to work. that's not what you hear from president obama. he's talking about four more years of the last four years. if you're an undecided voter in ohio today, that's not what you want to hear. you know things aren't going well. you know you want to change. governor romney laid out a change, and in these debates he's been able to lay out what he's for and how it works. >> thanks. we'll be watching tomorrow night. >>> we're going to take a quick break. we're back with more, including a frompreview of what to expect tomorrow night. we'll talk about foreign policy and some of the other issues that will come up and look at the strategy and the state of the race i don't spend money on gasoline. i am probably going to t
second, governor romney has a plan. and that's one thing that you've heard from a lot of folks already this morning on the show, is that the president is out there attacking a plan. now he's mischaracterizing it. but at least governor romney has a vision for the future. and he's got the plan to put america back to work. that's not what you hear from president obama. he's talking about four more years of the last four years. if you're an undecided voter in ohio today, that's not what you want to...
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romney's narrowed the gap but pretty much every poll shows obama ahead in ohio and that makes romney's lift harder. >> bill, starting with the debate tomorrow night what, do romney and obama need to do in the final 16 days? >> two different polls over the last few days have romney down one in ohio so he gained a lot of in ohio. i love people always say he's behind in ohio. we've just seen him move by five to seven points. he could move another three our four. he's generally outperformed. its hard to believe he's going to trail his national vote in ohio by -- what romney has to do tomorrow is be presidential. less the challenger, less the prosecutor and be the next president. a foreign policy debate, voters don't have checklists. argue agree with me on abortion, on guns, are you for tax cuts or saving medicare. most voters have a kind of firm view about what should be done and negotiating strategy for iran. they want to see, especially for a challenger to win, they want to see him as someone who is up to being president. with the judgment, maturity, knowledge, toughness but sort of soun
romney's narrowed the gap but pretty much every poll shows obama ahead in ohio and that makes romney's lift harder. >> bill, starting with the debate tomorrow night what, do romney and obama need to do in the final 16 days? >> two different polls over the last few days have romney down one in ohio so he gained a lot of in ohio. i love people always say he's behind in ohio. we've just seen him move by five to seven points. he could move another three our four. he's generally...
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romney. 270 are needed to win the election. the times blog gives president obama a 67% chance of winning the election versus a 32% chance for mitt romney. so far, 4.4 million americans have already cast their votes, absentee ballots, or early votings have been used. later in this show, we'll have much more on what those early voting numbers mean and on the republican efforts to keep democratic votes down. but we start with tonight's lead. mitt romney's playing politics with foreign policy. tonight's debate topic is foreign policy, an area where the president has proven himself time and time again. it's a different story for governor romney. he stumbled on international affairs throughout this campaign. and he has shown an unsteady hand on the tragedy in libya. unsteady and highly political. just hours after ambassador chris stevens and three other americans were killed at the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya, mr. romney rushed out a statement in which he accused the president of, quote, symp
romney. 270 are needed to win the election. the times blog gives president obama a 67% chance of winning the election versus a 32% chance for mitt romney. so far, 4.4 million americans have already cast their votes, absentee ballots, or early votings have been used. later in this show, we'll have much more on what those early voting numbers mean and on the republican efforts to keep democratic votes down. but we start with tonight's lead. mitt romney's playing politics with foreign policy....
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romney's job, though, you do not know which romney will show up at this debate. the george w bush or is it ronald reagan who said we use economic power, we build up our economy first, which romney is good at, and when we have a strong economy pushed through. stuart: one of our previous guests was saying that governor romney will bring up the economy as the best way to have a strong board policy. you were nodding your head. >> absolutely. if you have a strong economy, you have collateral damage. make that case. we know he already made that fail. stuart: how does the president handle what many people think was his misleading of the american public over the benghazi attack? blaming it on a video for a couple weeks and not acknowledging a terror attack. >> he will blame everybody in sight. it was their job to provide the security. romney's comeback should not be to focus on timelines and eight and words. what romney should say is, okay, you had a real-time video. why did you not send in anybody to rescue them? that is a sharp edge to take. we have the video now that
romney's job, though, you do not know which romney will show up at this debate. the george w bush or is it ronald reagan who said we use economic power, we build up our economy first, which romney is good at, and when we have a strong economy pushed through. stuart: one of our previous guests was saying that governor romney will bring up the economy as the best way to have a strong board policy. you were nodding your head. >> absolutely. if you have a strong economy, you have collateral...
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romney is doing better in florida, virginia, and colorado. the president is doing well in the middle east. in terms of this debate, the president is-- it's a continuity debate for the president, basically. he has an ad out now on the economy where a guy with a close-cropped haircut at the end says, "stick with this guy want am well, if you're watching him talk about foreign policy, the president has a better case to make on want "stick with this guy." for undecide voters judging the economy and all kinds of different things, the president can make that case-- stick with me. don't change horses in midstream on foreign policy. it may not be your number one issue but it slides over on the argument he's making on all issues. >> schieffer: you know, i think it's entirely possible you would have one of these candidates win the popular vote and another win the electoral vote. >> i think that's possible. you could. it depends. it's so tight now, we really don't know. there was a period where the national polls showed a big surge for romney. that woul
romney is doing better in florida, virginia, and colorado. the president is doing well in the middle east. in terms of this debate, the president is-- it's a continuity debate for the president, basically. he has an ad out now on the economy where a guy with a close-cropped haircut at the end says, "stick with this guy want am well, if you're watching him talk about foreign policy, the president has a better case to make on want "stick with this guy." for undecide voters judging...
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is romney ready to negotiate? i would think that if romney absolutely rejects negotiations and this is a matter for us and israel and, you know, if if it's a very hard-line answer that might be a problem for him. >> brown: trudy rubin, come back to the issue that david ignatius brought up. the larger question about america's role in the world which will be on the table tonight. the kind of questions, you know, the idea of american exceptionalism. witwhat is our strength and weakness? what should we be projecting? we heard romney talking about shaping history, leading from behind. all of that. what do you want to hear on these issues? what's the way to frame them tonight? >> i think when one is looking at what romney has said and talking about shaping history one has to look at a middle east that basically is no longer simply marching to an american tune. romney has portrayed the region in terms of the forces of good against the forces of darkness, specifically islamists. but it's much more complex than that. the q
is romney ready to negotiate? i would think that if romney absolutely rejects negotiations and this is a matter for us and israel and, you know, if if it's a very hard-line answer that might be a problem for him. >> brown: trudy rubin, come back to the issue that david ignatius brought up. the larger question about america's role in the world which will be on the table tonight. the kind of questions, you know, the idea of american exceptionalism. witwhat is our strength and weakness? what...
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clearly, romney caught up. i think obama did a lot in the last debate to blunt whatever momentum that created. but here we are. >> i'm looking out the window, john harwood, women for mitt. and she is very excited, yes, yes, i see, hello, jumping up and down. and as you look at the polls here, there is a pronounced gender back, president obama leads romney by 15 points. but we have seen different polls -- >> that's in ohio. "wall street journal" poll shows a tightening gap, eight percentage points or other polls that show it closer. but it looks like if you listen to chuck, he's dead right. can barack obama run up a big enough lead with women, and with hispanics? if he does, he wins. if he doesn't, he loses, right? >> no question, those are the two important constituencies, as well as whether or not they can get young people out. young people, who overwhelmingly for obama are down in enthusiasm. by the way, it is clear that if gene robinson were on the ballot, he would be doing better with women. >> are you kidd
clearly, romney caught up. i think obama did a lot in the last debate to blunt whatever momentum that created. but here we are. >> i'm looking out the window, john harwood, women for mitt. and she is very excited, yes, yes, i see, hello, jumping up and down. and as you look at the polls here, there is a pronounced gender back, president obama leads romney by 15 points. but we have seen different polls -- >> that's in ohio. "wall street journal" poll shows a tightening gap,...
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romney. undecided voters, 202-628-0205. you can also weigh in on our face book at facebook.com/c-span and on our twitter page at twitser.com -- c-span. some of you already weighing in. here's one comment daig, what are we doing in the middle east again? don't even no anymore. and from our facebook page, jacob posing this question -- "what will you do to keep america out of other countries' conflicts?" jeff is joining us from inside the spin room at lynn university. thanks very much for beginning our program tonight. >> steve, thank you. >> let's set the stage. the polls are out tonight indicating ta this race is essentially a dead heat. the economy seems to be driving a lot of the electorate and yet for the next 90 minutes in the debate the focus will be foreign policy. >> that's right. i mean, the economy is driving the race. but i think what tonight is about, it's about leadership. it's about letting voters -- it's more of a test for governor romney, i think, who is not really talked a lot
romney. undecided voters, 202-628-0205. you can also weigh in on our face book at facebook.com/c-span and on our twitter page at twitser.com -- c-span. some of you already weighing in. here's one comment daig, what are we doing in the middle east again? don't even no anymore. and from our facebook page, jacob posing this question -- "what will you do to keep america out of other countries' conflicts?" jeff is joining us from inside the spin room at lynn university. thanks very much...
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if romney does well. doesn't step on any land mines and bring the economy back to unemployment they feel it's his race to lose. >> dana: that is perfect segue to my question. if romney were to explain -- youtant get in details about everything. but can he make a case that a stronger economic america under his leadership makes it stronger leader in the world an able to utilize the super power to further peace and strength and bring down the national debt? that would be the key to winning this, to say the economic strength ensures our national security. >> eric: absolutely. great point. a lot of people said on the left said with the extent of the debt, the deficit, the $16 trillion, that that is the most national security threat we have more than iran or libya or anywhere nellis the world. but it's a debt that could bring the economy down be. smart for mitt romney to stay that. all i hear to be honest, all i'm hearing, libya, iran, to a certain extent a little on the economy from both sides. what we do arou
if romney does well. doesn't step on any land mines and bring the economy back to unemployment they feel it's his race to lose. >> dana: that is perfect segue to my question. if romney were to explain -- youtant get in details about everything. but can he make a case that a stronger economic america under his leadership makes it stronger leader in the world an able to utilize the super power to further peace and strength and bring down the national debt? that would be the key to winning...
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is the romney campaign reached out to you, or have you reached out to the romney campaign in these last stretch here for advice? >> yes, but, you know, i found when i was running, that all i got was advice. it's the cheapest commodity around, and everybody had the answer. so i know that mitt listens to me, but he really -- my main advice to him, trust his own instincts. i think at the's a very smart guy with all the right instincts. >> senator john mccain, thank you so much for your time. i really appreciate it. >>> coming up, our experts are breaking down expectations for tonight's debate, and those poll numbers. a live debate just two minutes away. you're watching the news edge you decide 2012. we'll be right back. president obama: i'm barack obama and i approve... this message. anncncr: victims. dependent. that's what mitt romney called forty-seven percent... of americans. including people on medicare. but what about his plan for you? romney would replace guaranteed benefits with a voucher system. seniors could pay six thousand dollars more a year. a plan aarp says would undermine me
is the romney campaign reached out to you, or have you reached out to the romney campaign in these last stretch here for advice? >> yes, but, you know, i found when i was running, that all i got was advice. it's the cheapest commodity around, and everybody had the answer. so i know that mitt listens to me, but he really -- my main advice to him, trust his own instincts. i think at the's a very smart guy with all the right instincts. >> senator john mccain, thank you so much for your...
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>> romney. >> thoughts? just romney? >> obama all the way. >> obama understands the issues. >> obama. >> obama. >> romney. >> it's me. i love it. >> obama is doing a phenomenal job. four more years! >> romney. okay. romney? >> romney doesn't cover up scandals in the middle east. >> what was the scandal in the middle east? >> benghazi. >> nail t whit. what was the scandal? >>> we're right back with more "hardball." [ male announcer ] when it comes to the financial obstacles military families face, we understand. at usaa, we know military life is different. we've been there. that's why every bit of financial advice we offer is geared specifically to current and former military members and their families. [ laughs ] dad! dad! [ applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] life brings obstacles. usaa brings advice. call or visit us online. we're ready to help. sven's home security gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! how does this thing work? oh, i like it! [ garth ] sven's small business earns 2% cash back on every
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romney will hit broader themes. he'll say the struggling economy is a national security issue and, scott, he plans to argue the president's foreign policy is unraveling, especially the middle east. >> pelley: jan, whoever wins the election will face a world of trouble. how do the candidates compare on three hot spots? we're going to look tonight at china, afghanistan, and iran's nuclear program which may very well be the first challenge. here's david martin. >> reporter: iran's nuclear program will almost certainly require the next president to make decisions that could determine whether there will be another war in the middle east. both candidates agree that tightening economic sanctions while reserving the threat of military action to destroy iran's uranium enrichment facilities is the best policy for now. but there is one critical difference: the red line which would trigger military action. here is how president obama defined his red line in a speech last month to the united nations. >> the united states will do
romney will hit broader themes. he'll say the struggling economy is a national security issue and, scott, he plans to argue the president's foreign policy is unraveling, especially the middle east. >> pelley: jan, whoever wins the election will face a world of trouble. how do the candidates compare on three hot spots? we're going to look tonight at china, afghanistan, and iran's nuclear program which may very well be the first challenge. here's david martin. >> reporter: iran's...
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obama can really press romney on this issue because romney doesn't have a coherent position on iran. he's surrounded by neocon. s we're close to getting iran not to build a bomb, and he's going to talk us to war with iran. what do you think to do? >> iran will be type pick foent, libya and perhaps the iraq war. one topic that's glaringly absent from fthese debates and that's climate change. that's it is first time we have not had a discussion on climate change as part of the presidential debates. bob schieffer has said it will include israel and iran, changes in the arab world, the new face of terrorism and the rise of china. that last segment is sort of a roundup of things we didn't get to, and it could include things like climate change or the response to the european debt crisis, which i also think is an important issue that hasn't been covered. i'm not particularly hopeful that climate change will get a large hearing in this debate, which is unfortunate. we've had discussions about iran and libya now in two out of the three debates and are almost going to certainly have those dis
obama can really press romney on this issue because romney doesn't have a coherent position on iran. he's surrounded by neocon. s we're close to getting iran not to build a bomb, and he's going to talk us to war with iran. what do you think to do? >> iran will be type pick foent, libya and perhaps the iraq war. one topic that's glaringly absent from fthese debates and that's climate change. that's it is first time we have not had a discussion on climate change as part of the presidential...
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we haven't heard a whole lot from mitt romney. he's been in debate prep this weekend, in debate prep right now. but his running mate paul ryan addressed that last night in colorado. >> what peace through strength means is our adversaries are much less willing to test us, they're less brazen, and our allies are more willing to trust us. what it means is our adversaries when they see us projecting weakness, when they see us hollowing out our military, when they see us equivocating when it comes time to stand up for our beliefs and values overseas, they think we are a super power in decline. >> reporter: and there you have paul ryan last night in colorado trying to rev up a campaign rally. you know, we talk a lot about benghazi and how it's going to be an issue tonight. i think it's going to be an issue in a broader spectrum for mitt romney to try to talk more about terrorism in the middle east and, of course, paul ryan there talking about what america's standing is, and i think he's speaking directly to the report now that the u.s.
we haven't heard a whole lot from mitt romney. he's been in debate prep this weekend, in debate prep right now. but his running mate paul ryan addressed that last night in colorado. >> what peace through strength means is our adversaries are much less willing to test us, they're less brazen, and our allies are more willing to trust us. what it means is our adversaries when they see us projecting weakness, when they see us hollowing out our military, when they see us equivocating when it...